§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for the United Kingdom and by standard region, including Greater London, the number of households and the proportion of all households claiming income support for each year since 1989.
§ 2. Mr. BurtThe available information is in the tables.
Claimants, Partners and Dependants in receipt of Income Support—May 1989 Region Number of beneficiaries Percentage of Population North Eastern 1,179,000 — London North 1,029,000 — South Western 419,000 — Midlands 1,163,000 — North Western 1,142,000 — London South 878,000 — England 5,811,000 12.2 Wales 413,000 14.4 Scotland 799,000 15.7 Great Britain 7,023,000 12.6 421W
Claimants, Partners and Dependants in receipt of Income Support—May 1990 Region Number of beneficiaries Percentage of Population North Eastern 1,137,000 — London North 1,092,000 — South Western 432,000 —
Region Number of beneficiaries Percentage of Population Midlands 1,150,000 — North Western 1,103,000 — London South 907,000 — England 5,821,000 12.2 Wales 424,000 14.7 Scotland 777,000 15.2 Great Britain 7,023,000 12.6
Claimants, Partners and Dependants in receipt of Income Support—1991 Region Number of beneficiaries Percentage of population North Eastern 1,216,000 — London North 1,289,000 — South Western 524,000 — Midlands 1,233,000 — North Western 1,155,000 — London South 1,083,000 — England 6,500,000 13.5 Wales 442,000 15.3 Scotland 805,000 15.8 Great Britain 7,747,000 13.8
Claimants, Partners and Dependants in receipt of Income Support—May 1992 Region Number of beneficiaries Percentage of population North Eastern 1,319,000 — London North 1,604,000 — South Western 613,000 — Midlands 1,414,000 — North Western 1,269,000 — London South 1,284,000 — England 7,502,000 15.5 Wales 496,000 17.1 Scotland 855,000 16.7 Great Britain 8,853,000 15.7
Claimants, Partners and Dependants in receipt of Income Support— February 1993 Region Number of beneficiaries Percentage of population North Eastern 1,443,000 1 London North 1,758,000 1 South Western 702,000 1 Midlands 1,598,000 1 North Western 1,390,000 1 London South 1,537,000 1 England 8,428,000 17.4 Wales 541,000 18.7 Scotland 898,000 17.6 Great Britain 9,868,000 17.5 Sources of all tables:
Income support statistics annual inquiries May 1989 to 1992.
Income support statistics quarterly inquiry February 1993.
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.
Notes to tables:
1. All figures rounded to nearest thousand. Percentages correct to one decimal place. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
1 Indicates that figures are not available.
3. The tables refer to Great Britain only. Figures for Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
4. Information on the number of households claiming income support is not available. The tables show the number of claimants, partners and dependants in receipt of income support.
5. Information on the number of income support claims is not collected by standard regions. The tables show Department of 422W Social Security administrative regions as used by the Department prior to 1988.Population figures for these regions are not available.
6. The latest available figures for numbers receiving income support are taken from the February 1993 quarterly statistical inquiry.
7. The latest population figures available are for mid-1992. Therefore these have been used to calculate both the May 1992 and February 1993 proportions.